Marcus Winters

There’s One Thing Worse Than Paying Bad Teachers Not to Work

February 9, 2018

The Wall Street Journal Marcus Winters What should a city do with poor teachers who, thanks to union rules, cannot be fired… Expert quote: “The most difficult-to-staff schools are often those that serve low-income and heavily minority populations. As expected, a disproportionate number of the ATR placements have been at such schools.” View full article

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Schools Chancellor’s Legacy: Stories, She Says, Not Statistics

December 21, 2017

The New York Times Marcus Winters Seated next to Mayor Bill de Blasio in the Blue Room at City Hall on Thursday, the retiring schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña, 74, offered her own summation of her tenure as the leader of what is in effect a medium-size city, populated by 1.1 million students and 75,000 teachers, and with […]

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More Than Half of Renewal High Schools Fall Short on Graduation Rates

November 16, 2017

The New York Times Marcus Winters More than half of the high schools that the de Blasio administration has targeted for rapid improvement have fallen short of their goals for raising their graduation rates, according to preliminary data released by the Education Department this week… Expert quote: “From the perspective of, ‘Was this policy a […]

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The NAACP’s campaign to smear charter schools

August 4, 2017

Washington Examiner by Marcus Winters, School of Education “The NAACP called for a moratorium on the rapid growth of charter schools last year and commissioned a task-force to hold hearings across seven cities to learn from various parents, teachers, administrators, and other stakeholders…” View full article.   

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De Blasio’s Renewal Schools are helping a bit, but not compared to far less costly alternatives

July 13, 2017

New York Daily News by Marcus Winters, School of Education “When they came to office, Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carmen Fariña called for an end to the Bloomberg-era focus on identifying and closing ineffective schools…” View full article. 

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Renew mayoral control, no strings attached: An opponent of de Blasio’s school leadership says this is an easy call

June 16, 2017

New York Daily News by Marcus Winters, School of Education “The state Legislature is yet again considering whether to renew mayoral control of New York City’s schools…” View full article.   

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Do charters welcome special ed kids?

May 28, 2017

Santa Fe New Mexican quoting Marcus Winters, School of Education “Five-year-old Nico Rosenblatt cannot speak and struggles to learn because of a rare genetic condition, yet thrives when surrounded by other children in a regular classroom, according to his parents…” Expert quote: “My work has shown that that concern is at best overstated.” View full […]

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Charter schools still work

February 22, 2017

City Journal By Marcus Winters, School of Education With Betsy DeVos now helming the Department of Education, American parents and students will likely have access before long to a federally sponsored school-choice program… View full article

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How “F” Grades Improve Schools

August 24, 2016

Real Clear Education By Marcus Winters, School of Education “Schools and districts are doing students and parents a disservice by scrapping letter grades for schools…” View full article

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